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Next time you catch yourself in a whining frenzy about how annoying guys are on the single scene, and how tough it is to be a single woman, take a moment to consider all the ways dating is so much easier for women than it is for men. This will cheer you up instantly.
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Heels make the outfit
All a woman has to do to look dressed up is put on heels. Seriously—that’s it. Heels make leggings, jean shorts and even drawstring cargo pants look dressy. Men, on the other hand, have to wear a very particular cut and color of jean if they’re even going to take the risk of wearing jeans, but they usually just have to wear dress pants. And if there isn’t a button down shirt or blazer involved, they look like a scrub.
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We get a free meal
A bad date is never really a waste of time for a woman because, well, you had to eat anyways! And maybe it’s an excuse to finally try out that bar that makes $15 cocktails, and not pay for it. Meanwhile a man takes around a $40 to $100 gamble each time he takes a woman out—if things don’t work out, that was money down the drain.
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Being lazy is read as being coy
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You can take a day to respond to a guy’s text and it will generally pique his interest even more. If a guy takes too long to get back to a woman, he could miss his window with her forever because she’ll think he is a jerk!
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We can do more to make ourselves attractive
It’s perfectly acceptable for women to spray tan, wear immense amounts of makeup, wear shape-forming clothing and get literally any haircut in the world that we want. Men have like five haircuts that are acceptable if they don’t want to be teased forever. And five is a generous number. And if they get a spray tan women will notice it from a mile away and avoid them, assuming they bat for the other team.
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We can openly date several people
A woman can generally tell a guy she is casuallyseeing other men, and he’ll consider that fair. Whereas if a man does this he tends to get in trouble—men have to either be VERY secretive about dating several women or just wait it out, one woman at a time, to see what works out before moving on.
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Women don’t have to be established in their careers
If we’re being honest, most women would not date a man who is interning at his dream company while paying his bills through his bartending gig—women want a man who is established in his career. But most men will happily date a woman interning at her dream company while paying her bills through her bartending gig.
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We’re better communicators
Men are the worst at letting someone down, so they’ll often drag things out, receiving texts and calls for months from women they’re not interested in, because they just can’t end it. Meanwhile, women are usually better at just saying, “I’m not interested in you that way, sorry.”
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We can ask our friends for advice
Women can ask their friends for all the dating advice in the world! Other women are happy to advise them, and open communication about dating usually leads to quicker results, one way or another. Men can maybe ask their friends a question or two before their friends get annoyed and want to get back to their drinking game.
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We can vent to our friends
When we get dumped, we can vent to our friends all we want. We can let out our emotions and in turn, move on to the next man faster. Guys have a limited amount of venting allotted to them—in many cases, they just have to suck it up and pretend everything is fine. They’re left pining after someone longer and, in turn, taking a long time to move on.
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We’re usually not the DD
Any gentleman won’t let the lady drive. Translation: we can have more cocktails on dates, making us feel more comfortable and act more relaxed.
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Men blatantly check us out
When we are out with a date, other men blatantly turn their heads to check us out, making our date more interested immediately—men want what other men want. Guys don’t have this advantage: women are pretty stealth about checking out men.
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We can secretly ask a guy out
We can ask him to hang out, as a means of getting to know him, without him thinking it’s a date. Meanwhile if a man asks a woman to spend time with him one on one, it’s almost immediately assumed to be a date.
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We’re not as sexually driven
So we can more accurately assess if we actually like a man or just want to sleep with him. For men, being sexually attracted to a woman can be so powerful, it can cloud them from seeing if they’re actually compatible with her.
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We can watch chick flicks and bromances
We can see both perspectives—guys have to go to a secret underground cave if they want to watch a chick flick and not be ridiculed.
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Dating services are catered towards us
We get to remain seated at speed dating events, most matchmaking services only charge the men, and—let’s face it—the online dater with the best photos wins and women know how to take a photo so much better than men do.
